Tomorrow, across the globe, St Patrick’s Day will be celebrated with Celtic’s shirts prominent.
Just as Ireland has given so much to the world so have Celtic. A small band of Irishmen have worn the Celtic shirt while in the background some significant contributions to the success of the club has been made by Irishmen down the years- all the way back to Brother Walfrid.
From Ballymote to Boston and many points in-between March 17 will be a day of reflection and celebration, looking back on 12 months that brought another title to Celtic, a new Irish manager and Ireland progressing through to the last 16 of the European Championships in France.
As almost every fan knows the Celtic Story started off in Ireland when Brother Walfrid started a football club to raise funds to feed the poor of Glasgow’s east end. Without him the life’s of millions would have been so much duller, no McGrory, McStay, Murdoch, Tully, Auld, Hay, the Lisbon Lions or Brendan Rodgers to light up millions of life’s.
Which Irish player has made the greatest contribution to Celtic is an argument without any answer, click below to reflect on some magnificent and important Celts.